External Resources

Bryan D. Sims has a few favorites when it comes to leadership and learning. You can find videos and articles listed below.

Are you an ideal team player?

Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni thinks it is time to change the way we prepare people for success. Drawing from his book, The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni makes the compelling case that the key to success in an increasingly team-oriented world is being humble, hungry and smart. Whether you’re a CEO or a 7th grader, focusing on these deceptively simple virtues can radically improve your personal and professional effectiveness and fulfillment. Assess Yourself: https://www.tablegroup.com/books/idea...

Start with Why

Simon Sinek

Those who lead inspire us. We follow those who lead because we want to and for selfish reasons. Those who start with "why" that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them. 1. You have to know WHY you do what you do. 2. You have to have DISCIPLINE of how. 3. You have to have consistency of WHAT.

Know Your Why

Michael Jr.

The key isn’t to know WHAT, the key is to know WHY. When you know your WHY you have options of what your WHAT can be.

The Butterfly Effect

Andy Andrews

Every move you make matters to everyone and forever. The theory states that when a butterfly flaps its wings on one half of the world, its impact can be felt on the other side of the world. This theory eventually graduated from theory and became law.